Senin, 23 Mei 2016

Book Review

Rindu

Rindu is written by Tere Liye and
published on September 25th 2014
within 544 pages including forty
nine chapters. Editor of this book is Andriyati, cover by EMTE, and the lay out
by Alfian. It is the 20th of Tere Liye’s works. The genre of this
book is fiction. This novel tells about hajj pilgrimage trip in 1938. As you
know hajj is harder in the past year. We have to go there by ship and it takes
a long time to arrive. A long trip full
of longing started in big ship of Blitar Holland. In this book also tells about history of Indonesia, and many question
of the past, hatred, destiny, and love is completed this novel.

There are many characters in this
novel. The first is Gurutta Ahmad Karaeng. He was a famous person who liked to
give religious speech and he also wrote many books. Sergeant Lucas was strict because he was the leader officer who resolved the problem in the ship. He was
like police in this era. Captain Philips was kind, wise, and polite. Daeng
Andipati and his family was kind and friendly. Ambo Uleng was mysterious. Ruben
was Ambo Uleng's friend. He was so helpful.
Bunda Upe was a teacher for children in the ship. Eyang Kakung and Eyang
Putri were elder who have romantic stories.

When I read this novel, I felt like I
came back to the past. When Indonesia was still taken over by Holland
government, we had to followed their rules. Horror hit citizen. But there were
still many younger generation who fought for their country. They had a great
spirit to fight for their country. But it causes many lost. They didn’t know
what time they would pass away or their family would left them because of war.
They just believe that the independence of Indonesia would come.

A few days before Blitar Holland
sailed, Captain Philips met a young man. He was Ambo Uleng. Almost his entire life was spent in the sea, so he became a good sailor. He was a silent person because there was something hidden in his heart, and he closed
it very tight. Even Captain Phillips was not told the reason he hid his problem
and why he decided to work in the ship of Blitar Holland. Captain Phillips liked the character of Ambo
Uleng and he knew that Ambo Uleng was a good sailor therefore he accepted Ambo Uleng, but Ambo Uleng need to learn many things so he was put as the worker in the canteen. In the ship Ambo Uleng met his
roommate named Ruben, and he also met Guruta, Chef Lars and Daeng Andipati’s family.

Daeng Andipati had beautiful wife and
2 children named Elsa and Anna. Elsa as older sister and Anna as younger
sister. Both of them like argued each other. It made me remember about my
sister and I. We always argue for everything so our parents need to overcome
us. So did Elsa and Anna. Elsa and Anna were cheerful and made others happy.
The story feels alive because of them. They also met many new friends.

I love the story of Eyang Kakung and
Eyang putri. How Eyang Kakung treated Eyang Putri was very gentle. He came to
Eyang Putri’s parents and told them that he wanted to marry her daughter. At
the first time the father of Eyang Putri rejected him because Eyang Kakung
didn’t have a good job, but after Eyang Kakung promised to make Eyang putri
always happy, he lets his daughter married. Eyang Kakung always do the best to
make Eyang Putri happy. He also promised to go to Mekkah and they would hajj
together. Until they already old, they finally actualize their dream. Everybody
who heard that story felt so happy. And there were still many romantic stories
about two of them.

The summary of this novel is every
person that I told before has their own problems. Those problem was well described and to resolve all of the
problems you just have to understand the problem, try to open your mind, try to
accept, and try to forgive all the problem in your life. However destiny is
something that you cannot predict, what will happen in the future is beyond
your imagination. And you have to accept it if you want to find happiness.

What I can learn in this novel is in
every books, like fairy tales, novel, and many other books have the writer. And
God is the owner of the most perfect
stories on this earth. You have to believe that the story of your life is the best thing God has written. With that believe, then you will not feel broken heart,
disappointed, or feel hopeless.

So I want to tell you once again that
you must read this novel because there are many things that you can get after
reading this novel. So enjoy reading